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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · Nov 16

Welcome, nerds. I mostly post memes and complain about plot holes in old scifi TV shows that were filmed on a budget of $35

Star Trek Voyager rewatch: tinyurl.com/murjhrvd
TNG rewatch: tinyurl.com/bdfambp2
Babylon 5 rewatch: tinyurl.com/yc4rhwjt

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 7h

It's Wednesday, my dudes

A demonstrator wearing an inflatable frog costume outside an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. They are holding a sign that says "Frogs Together Strong."

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

since we're letting podcasters run the FBI now, I'd like to make it known to any future presidents that if you appoint me i will pronounce the "human" in "human trafficking" like Quark from DS9.

there will be no other substantial changes

thank you for your attention to this matter

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 1d

When all this is over, we're going to need to hold a constitutional convention.

In addition to many structural changes, we need to enshrine NASA into the new constitution like the Post Office is in our present version.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 1d

The Martian is a science fiction story, not because it takes place on Mars, but because it imagines a futuristic world where NASA still exists.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll tell you what’s a treat, whenever you watch a movie and you get Odo when he’s not Odo

René Auberjonois in McCabe and Mrs Miller

René Auberjonois in Batman Forever, this is probably the best hair

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 2d

According to the movie, a haunting inhabitants a place. A poltergeist inhabitants a person.

So by the logic of the movie, Poltergeist contains no poltergeists because it's the house that's haunted, not the people inside.

Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 2d

That tracks. Data blasts her with a phaser in this ep and she seemed to do her own stunt for that scene (throwing herself backwards into a wall).

Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know if Derek Guy watches Star Trek, but I would love to get his take on this guy's outfit.

A random guy walking through the Enterprise's corridor. He is wearing a bright pumpkin-orange shirt with shiny white "hammer pants" cut high on his waist. The clothes are all loose-fitting. I'll say this, he looks comfortable.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 2d

Holy shit! That's Lyta Alexander from Babylon 5.

Worf is flanked by two security personnel. They are in ACTION MODE, pointing phasers at something off-screen. One of Worf's nameless lackeys is played by Patricia Tallman, the same actress who played Lyta Alexander on Babylon 5.

A scene from Babylon 5. We are on the White Star (an alien spaceship). Lyta Alexander (again played by Patricia Tallman) is doing something with her psychic powers that has turned her eyes solid black. Delenn (an alien lady) is holding her hand in comfort/solidarity. In the background, Ivanova (human) and Lennier (Minbari, bald alien with bony head piece) observe this.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 2d

Still laughing thinking about the scene when the evil space ghosts are possessing the away team.

One ghost thought about possessing Riker, but it decided the vibes were rancid and ran away instead. Devastating.

Miles, Data, Riker, and Troi are on an alien planet, unconscious on the sandy ground. Tiny balls of light are hovering over their chests. These are alien space ghosts.

The same scene, a second later. Three of the ghosts have possessed Miles, Data, and Troi, but the one aiming for Riker has thought better of this endeavor and is flying away.

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abernasty @abernasty.bsky.social · 2d

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 2d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 2d

In the movie, the characters believe the house is haunted because the neighborhood was built over a graveyard. This doesn't make sense, because none of the neighbors' houses are haunted.

If you watch closely, there is a better explanation for why the family is cursed: the parents voted for Reagan.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 2d

Fun movie fact: E.T., Poltergeist, and Gremlins all started out as the same movie, Dark Skies. (A horror sequel to Close Encounters that didn't pan out)

Poltergeist is the ugliest of the triplets, let me tell you.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 2d

Watched Poltergeist for the first time and I have several follow-up questions:

• Why is the spirit realm made of meat?
• Why was the tree evil?
• Why did a tornado eat the evil tree?
• Was the tornado a good guy?
• Why is the movie called Poltergeist if it doesn't have any poltergeists in it?

The poster for Poltergeist. In a dark room, the only light comes from a TV turn to a dead channel. A little girl presses her hands to the screen like it's a window.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 2d

This is how horror movies start.

amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 2d

riding in the car when my son (3.5) said “i have something silly to tell you. roll up the windows so nobody hears” and then he told us a clown is coming to our house. to live with us forever

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 2d

2. All the Other Ones: F

• No tits
• Boring
• Mostly silent on the proper way to deal with tyrants

A map of the United States with the state flags overlaid on top.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 2d

A Definitive Ranking of U.S. State Flags 🧵

1. Virginia: A+

• Strong anti-fascist message
• Tits out for liberty
• Her outfit looks comfy
• Fuck bras; don't need 'em
• That lady just teabagged Caesar's corpse
• Girlboss

The state flag of Virginia. Lady Liberty is standing over the dead body of a slain Roman man, presumably Julius Caesar. A crown lies discarded on the floor. Liberty is flexing with her spear, one breast exposed and giving no fucks. Beneath her is written "six semper tyrannis," which is Latin for "we'll love to stab tyrants around here; it's our favorite thing to do." (Virginia's actual record on this point is... inconsistent. But the sentiment is nice.)

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 3d

The ghosts eventually narrow their group of hostages down to three, all the worst possible options:

• Keiko: willing to die to save her child
• Picard: volunteered to be there, yearns for the chance to have a battle of wits to the death
• Worf: has a tramp stamp that says "TODAY IS GOOD DAY TO DIE"

Picard, Keiko, and Worf are being held hostage in Cargo Bay 4. Only Keiko seems worried about this situation. Picard is having fun pointing out all the strategic errors his opponents made. Worf's expression can only be described as "battle horny."

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 3d

Riker: Why wasn't I infected on the away mission?
Crusher: You broke your arm. Maybe the pain made you immune
Picard: What would happen if we were to inflict pain on the others?
Crusher: It might force whatever it is out of our people
Ro: I KNOW HOW TO CAUSE PAIN WITHOUT CAUSING PERMANENT DAMAGE

Ro is on the bridge, giving a 50 yard stare. Ro knows how to cause someone pain without leaving a mark. Ro knows alllllll about that. She had that info right off the dome, no hesitation. This is called FORESHADOWING. For more information, please refer to the related documentary series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 3d

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Crusher is on the bridge, briefing her expert medial findings to Picard, Riker, and Ro. Caption: "In Troi, Data and O'Brien there's an unusual synaptic activity. Some kind of anionic energy."

anionic
/,ænaɪ'ɑnɪk/
noun
a class of synthetic detergents in which the molecules do not ionize in aqueous solutions
Synonyms:
anionic detergent, non-ionic detergent
none
of or relating to anions
Antonyms:
cationic

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 3d

Worf: Spiritual possessions have been reported throughout Klingon history. It's called jat'yIn, the taking of the living by the dead
Picard: Human history has similar legends
W: You believe they may be telling the truth?
P: Not for one moment

Oh Picard. Just wait until your gf fucks a candle ghost

Worf and Picard are being held hostage by ghosts in Ten Forward. They are having a quiet conversation about whether ghosts are real. Troi, Data, and Miles (who are possessed by ghosts) are hanging out in the background, scheming.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 3d

Poor Keiko. Being terrorized by gunpoint by your demonically-possessed husband has to be traumatic. I hope she was able to work it out... in... therapy...

Oh.

Erm.

I hope the Enterprise has a second therapist.

Troi, Data, and O'Brien have come down with a case of demonic possession. (FUN TRIVIA FACT: the working title for this ep was "Feeling Poorly.") The trio has burst into Ten Forward with phasers, threatening everyone there.

A possessed Miles threatening Keiko and baby Molly with a phaser.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 3d

S4E3 established that Data can easily hijack the ship at any time.

However, in this story Data is unable to size control of the ship, even with Troi and O'Brien's help, and must resort to hostage taking instead. This is to subtly foreshadow for the audience that Data is demonically possessed.

Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · Feb 14

Yes, it's a major security vulnerability that Data has passively memorized everyone's passwords and is able to deep fake their voice print to bypass biometrics

I assure you, they will not fix this problem. By Star Trek: First Contact, Data can lock everyone out of the computer in under 5 seconds

Data is at his control panel on the bridge, completely alone. This is because he cut life support to the bridge and then locked all the pathetic squishy organics out of the main computer. Those stupid meat creatures.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 3d

Star Trek TNG, S5E15: Miles, Troi, and Data turn to a life of crime. Worf gets his ass beat by Miles, twice. Picard performs an exorcism with an airlock.

6/10, after a nine-episode absence, we're finally getting another O'Brien ep 🎉🎉🎉

The Enterprise D is floating of a blue-green moon. In blue text we see the episode title: "Power Play."

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